Polluting firm Sonae, who have polluted Kirkby and surrounding areas since they set up in 2001, have issued more legal threats against local websites and certain individuals. We will report more on this as the news comes in but it looks like another Liverpool website is lined up for the legal shenanigans that anyone who ever spoke a word of truth in Liverpool seems to fall foul of.
Not having taken the hint from their regular appearances in Huyton Magistrates Court, the Sonae management still insist that the Sonae factory is practically pumping out oxygen enriched air to the good people of Kirkby.
Rest assured people, Sonae are very much a polluting firm, and their operation is damaging to the environment of Kirkby. The monstrosity of a chimney and the filthy mountains of wood dust left out in the open are something that no-one except a few workers and their families would actually say is ‘worth it’.
George Howarth has stated more or less the same, and he is an MP. Councillors have also mouthed words which hint at pollution. A person in Kirkby was sacked due to Sonae making allegations with regards to apparent secret information being leaked to The Kirkby Times.
The Liverpool Daily Post and Echo have both published articles which accuse Sonae of polluting the area. The headline ‘Toxic Sonae’ being ok for the local papers, but not ok if local websites expand upon that headline and fill in the details.
We cannot deny there is pollution because Sonae have been fined for causing it. This pollution has affected dwindling wildlife and spilt over into the local brook and seeped underground. Sonae also had a fire which burnt for months, and have a mountain of wood dust continually blowing over local residents. That makes Sonae a polluting firm and also lawbreakers, or criminals, which is what working class people get called when we are up in the courts on a regular basis.
Testing Wood Floor Formaldehyde Emission at the Factory
Here is a video of one of my visits to a factory a few hours outside of Shanghai. I attempt to show and explain a formaldehyde emissions test.
Honestly it was a pretty average effort, I had done little research and I know no technical terms, so tried to wing it. Hey, I gotta be me! I don’t speak Chinese and I spent awhile speaking with the chemical experts in the factory and unfortunately much of the communication was lost in translation, so I ended up winging it.
You won’t here anything earth shattering in the 2 minutes I speak, but you will see the machines that are used in a formaldehyde test and you’ll hear that CARB is extremely important and we take the process very seriously. Formaldehyde emissions is a hot button topic in the flooring industry and CARB (California Air Resources Board) have changed the way Californian’s and soon to be all Americans on how they buy their flooring.
Formaldehyde is a naturally occurring chemical compound that is often used in manufacturing of household items. Prolonged exposure to high levels is considered unhealthy. It can trigger conditions like asthma and I believe it has been shown to cause cancer in animals (according to the Department of Health and Human Services).
A CARB compliant floor ensures that the emissions are extremely low, in early 2009 and through 2010 the California Air Resources Board is taking a leadership stance and requiring all products to be compliant to their new standards (within CA). BuildDirect is following that stance and is actively attempting to be a leader across the country and ensure the entire North American population has the ability to procure these formaldehyde safe products.
So to recap, don’t expect a great video production, but understand the topic is a very important one and enjoy the inside of a factory testing room in rural China.
Finally, I am jet lagged, hung over and tired from being in a car all day, so I have pretty big bags under my eyes! Good times, I love business travel!
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